[Inflammatory myofibroblastic pseudotumor of the tongue].

INTRODUCTION

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a new entity recently described, first in the lung. IMT are found throughout the body.

CASE: We report a very rare tongue localization in a 22-year-old white woman. After a first diagnosis of fibrosarcoma, a new examination of the slide and immunohistochemical examination led to the definitive diagnosis of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the tongue and not fibrosarcoma.

DISCUSSION: IMT are rarely encountered in the head and neck region. Only 2 cases of IMT of the tongue have been reported in the world literature. Diagnosis of IMT is immunohistochemical. Spindle cells were reacted for smooth-muscle actin and vimentin. Treatment is surgical. The contribution of radiotherapy is not clear because of the small population of patients studied.